Why The GOP Hates Obamacare

I finally figured out why the GOP hates Obamacare so much. It took watching Fox News (yes, always painful) to figure out, but what I saw yesterday made all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place:

1) While I'm sure there is underlying racism against Obama himself, I now believe this to be secondary to the true issue, which is...

2) They are FURIOUS—I mean ENRAGED—that Obama gave Americans a taste of equality... and we found we liked it. They made it clear on Fox they wanted Obamacare gone before Americans "start believing they have the right to healthcare." (Yes: Those. Words. Were. Spoken. grrrrr)

In other words, the GOP shames Americans into believing social welfare entitlements are not earned by virtue of birth. (We are the only 1st world nation where this stigma exists.) They are careful to never call corporate welfare an "entitlement" that benefits only the ultra-rich bc they have created a mental association between the word "entitlement" and the redistribution of wealth.

Here's the thing: social welfare entitlements (military pay, police, fire, healthcare, food, housing, clothing, etc.) ARE redistributions of wealth, but they are also our safety net. Corporate welfare and military spending (hint: military spending = uber wealthy defense contractors and NOT soldiers) are also redistributions of wealth, but they are redistributions TO the rich instead of FROM them. Social welfare entitlements are redistributions of wealth from everyone except the ultra-wealthy (very few billionaires pay federal taxes) but they are also spent on everyone but them.

BOTTOM LINE: why are we paying for entitlements that benefit only the wealthy, but the wealthy balk at paying for entitlements that allow us to live? Entitlements ARE our right by virtue of breathing and we have Obama to thank for waking us up to that fact.

Anyone who tells you otherwise does not have your best interests in mind. So fight to keep Obamacare thriving. The CBO (non-partisan Congressional Budget Office) said Obamacare is working, thriving, and only needs some adjustments. All that implosion rhetoric? It has no basis in scientific reality. It is, to be blunt, a lie. In fact, the ONLY way Obamacare can implode is if Republicans force it to.

Hold them accountable. Make sure they know you are watching.

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